An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

The vice presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.

There is no method by which men can be both free and equal.

I am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.

You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Envy is the basis of democracy.

A real leader is somebody who can help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get ourselves to do on our own.

No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed or outlawed or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor will we send against him except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.